Casting for rope halters



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G. C. EDWARDS & B. V. BUPFINGTON. GASTING FOR ROPE HALTEBS.

No. 465,777. Patented Dec. 22 1891.

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CASTING FOR ROPE HALTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,777, dated December22, 1891-.

Application filed April 18, 1391- Serial No. 389,522- (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE C. EDWARDS and BURNETT V. BUFFINGTON, bothof Marysville, Union county, Ohio, have invented a new and ImprovedCasting for Rope Halters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to halt-ers, and more particularly toan improved casting-piece to which a single piece of rope is attached toproduce the throat latch and nose-strap, the free end of the ropeforming the hitching-strap, the object of the invention being to providea cheap and simple casting, which is so constructed and arranged that itwill not annoy the animal, and it is also constructed in such form thatthe man nor of using it will be readily perceived.

lVith these objects in view our invention consists in the peculiarconstruction of the parts and the novel combination or arrangement ofthe same, all of which will be fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective view of our improved halter as applied and used. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the halter.

In the practical embodiment of our invention we employ a casting A,comprising a main or body portion a, which body portion is provided atits forward end with oppositely-projecting lateral arms a, thus forminga T-shaped forward portion. Near the forward end of the body portion ais produced an aperture 0. and near the outer ends of the arms a areproduced the apertures a the arms and body portion being preferablyenlarged wherethe apertures are produced to prevent weakening thecasting. The rear end of the main or body portion Ct is provided withrearwardly-projecting oblique arms (0, forming a forked or Y-shaped rearend of the casting, and near the rear end of the body portion is alsoproduced an aperture a while near the endsof the oblique arms areproduced the apertures a". A rope B is passed through the severalapertures and around the various arms, producing the throat-latch I),the nosestrap Z), and the hitching-strap IF, the free end of thethroat-latch beingprovided with a snap-hook In attaching the rope to thecasting the end of the rope is passed through one of the apertures 6611111116 rear arm a from the upper side and drawn through a sufficientdistance to leave enough remaining to form the throat-latch b, the

snap-hook being adapted to engage the opposite aperture a after saidrope has been passed around an animals head. The end of the rope afterbeing passed through theaperture ct is passed up through the aperture oin the rear end of the body portion, and is then passed down through theaperture (1 at the forward end of the body a and up through the aperturea in the arm a adjacentto the arm a, through which the rope was firstpassed. The rope is then carried across to the opposite aperture (L3,forming the nose strap 1), and it is then passed up through the aperturea and beneath the rope as it passes down through said aperture. The ropeis then carried over the forward end of the body portion, and up againthrough the aperture a and out through the loop b formed at the forwardend of the body, thus producing a knot, which retains the'rope in itsproper place of arrangement with the casting. If desired, the rope maybe passed through in the reverse order, but preserving the samearrangement. The forward arms a are preferably curved upwardly, therebyforming a support for the nose-strap.

Although we have spoken of the part A as a casting, and prefer to makethe same of cast metal, it is evident that it may be made ofwroughtmetal or struck up from thick sheet metal, the peculiarconstruction of the piece and the arrangement of the rope thereon beingthe essential features whereby an adjustable halter of cheap and simpleconstruction is provided.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

An improved casting for halters, consisting of main or body portion,having apertures near its forward and rear ends, the laterallyprojectingand upwardly curved forward arms having apertures near their outer ends,and the obliquely-projecting rear arms having apertures near their outerends, substantially as and for the purposes described.

GEORGE G. EDWARDS. BURNETT V. BUFFINGTON. Witnesses:

D. B. EDWARDS, JOHN G. GU'rHRtE.

